SDN Support in HP ProVision and Comware Switches

In ProCurve Switches, support for OpenFlow is as below:

K/KA.15.10: OpenFlow 1.0 support is added to 3500, 3500yl, 3800, 5400 with V1 and V2 modules, 6200 yl, 6600, 8200 zl with V1 and V2 modules.

WB.15.12: OpenFlow 1.0 support is added to 2920.

K/KA/WB.15.14: OpenFlow 1.3 is supported.

To configure OpenFlow, enter the configuration mode then enter the command openflow. An example of the basic OpenFlow configuration is given below:

configure
     openflow
          controller-id 1 ip 192.168.56.7 controller-interface vlan 192
          instance "vlan10"
          member vlan 10
          controller-id 1
          version 1.3
     enable
     exit


Switches running Comware 7 support OpenFlow 1.3. See the full list at the HP SDN Switches Portfolio. To configure openflow, enter the system view mode and use the command openflow. Below is an example of basic OpenFlow in Comware:

openflow instance 1
          description vlan10
          classification vlan 10
          controller 1 address ip 192.168.56.7
          activate instance

Contrary to the ProCurves, where only 1 VLAN can be assigned to an instance (unless aggregate instance is used), in Comware multiple VLANs can belong to one single instance. The command classification associates VLAN(s) to a given instance.